Need a quick decision: School board rethinks consolidation

The Antigo school board got another earful from voters Tuesday, and decided to take a new look at long-standing plans to consolidate the district’s four rural elementary schools into city facilities. At its regular monthly meeting, the board voted to reconsider its resolution from September, 2011 that stated the rural facilities would be folded into city schools in the event of a failed building referendum. That resolution had been designed to assure voters what would happen if the building referendum failed—which it did—but it also tied the board to one specific consolidation plan without the option to consider other alternatives. Full Story: Antigo Daily Journal